Improvement in yokes for carrying tobacco



R. A. CORN. Yoke for Carrying Tobacco.

No.2",460. Patented Jan. 21,1879.

VNESSES I ATTQRN EY PETERS, PIIUTQ-UYHOGRIPNEEWASNINGWN. D. O I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. CORN, OF HALE WOOD, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN YOKES FOR CARRYING TOBACCO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,460, dated January21, 1879; application filed September 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. CORN, of

Hale Wood, in the county of Madison and State of North Carolina, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Yokes for Oarryin gTobacco and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my tobacco-carrier; and Fig. 2 is anelevation of the end having the adjusting-pin.

This invention has relation to tobacco carriers or yokes fortransporting the tobacco from the field to the drying-house; and itconsists in the improvements in the construction of the same hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in the several figures.

- The longitudinal bars A A are padded at the points B B, where theyrest upon the shoulders of the laborer. These longitudinal bars A A arerecessed at a a to receive the end rails or cross-bars O O. Thecross-bar O is bolted rigidly in place in its recess a in longitudinalbar A, while one end of the longitudinal bar A is pivoted to thecross-bar O. The cross-bar G is perforated at I) toreceive a pin, (1,secured to the bar 0 by a chain or cord, 0, to permit the longitudinalbar A to be adjusted to admit the heads and necks of differcut-sizedpersons between the longitudinal rails A and A. The longitudinal bars AA are held against the cross-bars C O by straps ff on the under sidethereof, and the longitudinal bars A A are also connected to thecrossbar G by stirrups g g.

Notches h are made in the upper faces of the cross-bars O O to receivethe ends of the poles upon which the tobacco is hung to be transportedfrom the field. Legs t t are mortised into the cross-bars G O, in orderthat the carrier may rest upon the ground in a position to beconveniently loaded, and also to allow the laborer to readily assume theload to be transported.

The operation of this invention is obvious.

Studs k are placed near the inner and outer notches h to prevent thepoles from leaving the notches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a tobacco-carrier, the padded longitudinal bars A A, secured tothe notched cross-bars O 0, one of said longitudinal bars beingadjustably connected to the cross-bars, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a tobacco-carrier, the combination of the longitudinal bars A A,cross-bars O O, and legs ii, constructed and operating substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT ARRETUS CORN.

Witnesses:

W. S. SAVYER, It. P. WILD.

